Wardrobe-trunk.



J. J. CANNAN.

WARDROBE TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 31,1913.

1,205,854. Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1%16.

Application filed October 31, 1913. Serial No. 788,574.

To all whom it 'm a concern Be it known that I, JOHN J. CANNAN, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wardrobe- Trunks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

The present invention relates to wardrobe trunks with reference more particularly to that type which includes a slidably arranged garment carrier adapted to be moved within or projected outside the body of the trunk when being used as a wardrobe, and it has for its particular object to provide a simple construction for holding the garments compactly within the trunk when the latter is to be transported.

More specifically, the invention consists in a retaining means or follower that is adjustable within the trunk to various posi tions relatively to the garment carrier, and means for looking it positively at any desired position of adjustment.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a view in side elevation showing the interior of a wardrobe trunk, with a preferred embodiment of my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional, view with the follower in locked position; Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the follower released, and Fig. a is a horizontal sectional View.

Similar reference numerals throughout the several figures indicate the same parts.

The present construction, in which is illustrated a preferred arrangement of the invention, comprises the hinged trunk sections 1 and 2, the latter being provided with the usual garment carrier or slide 3, arranged for supporting the various garment hangers 4;.

When the garment hangers have been positioned with the garments thereon, it is desirable to pack or compress the clothing as much as possible in order to utilize the space to the fullest extent, and at the same time to avoid creasing or wrinkling by holding the clothes tightly. To this end, I provide a retaining device or follower which is adapted to be moved into close engagement with the outermost garment, means being provided for adjustably positioning the follower in accordance with the quantity of clothing to be held, and for readily looking it in any one of its positions of adjustment. This may be accomplished in different ways, but I prefer to employ a follower consisting of longitudinally extending bars 5 connected by the end rods 6 and 7 respectively, and the intermediate cross rods 8. The end rods 6 and 7 extend beyond the longitudinal bars 5 and serve to support the follower in the manner which will now be described.

Suitably attached to the walls of the trunk are stationary supports 9 comprising bars provided with a plurality of notches or recesses 10 for receiving the ends of the rod 6 thus forming a pivotal support for the follower, such that the latter may be adjusted to different positions relatively to the garment carrier. In order to lock the follower in any adjusted position, I provide preferably one or more movable locking members adapted to cooperate with the opposite end of the follower, and consisting, in the pres ent embodiment, of notched or recessed bars 11, which are pivotally mounted at 12 to the walls of the casing. The locking members 11 are arranged for engagement with the ends of the rod 7 and are actuated by means of levers 13 pivoted at 14 to the walls of the trunk and having handles 15. The levers 13 are connected to the locking members 11 by means of links 16, and are limited in their movement by means of the stationary stops 17. When the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 2, the follower is locked against movement. When it is desired to release the follower, the levers 13 are moved outwardly and upwardly to the position shown in Fig. 3, raising the locking members away from engagement with the follower, and permitting the latter to be swung forwardly.

In order to prevent the garments from getting caught in the recessesor notches of the movable locking bars, I provide guard rails in the following manner: The bars 11 carry guard rails 18 disposed at one side, and offset laterally so as to permit vertical movement of the locking bars without permitting the garments to come into engagement with the notches 01' recesses, while 19 are stationary guard rails secured to the walls of the trunk and disposed in such positions as to lie adjacent to the lower edges of the locking bars when the latter are in looking position, as shown in Fig. 2, and forming a closure for the recesses.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a trunk, the combination with a garment carrier, of a follower engaging gar: ments arranged on the carrier, means for adjustably supporting one end of the follower, a notched bar pivotally arranged and engaging the opposite end of the follower to lock the latter, a pivoted actuating lever,

and a link connecting the lever and said notched bar.

2. In a trunk, the combination with a garment carrier, of a follower engaging garments arranged on the carrier, means for adjustably supporting one end of the follower, the opposite end of the follower embodying a rod, and a locking bar having a series of notches arranged to engage the aforementioned rod, the locking bar being movable into and out of locking relation with said rod.

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